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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08

A circular of the department Of
public instruction, Of Dakota, has
just been received calling attention te
the loose manner in which school af'
fairs are conducted, chiefly in regard
TO the purchase Of school supplies. Ac'
=cording to It the condition of school
finances III tie territory is most de-
plorable. 1t is replete with valuable
hints and suggestions and ought to be
in the hands Of every school officer.
o. The charges alluded to in it of in.
judicious and extravagant expendi'
lures, we deem it proper and just to
Say that they cannot be laid at the
doors of the directors Of the schools
Of Bottiseau County; still there is a
heap of good advice in it which it
WOULD be well to heed,
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08
FARMERS COLUMN.
THE PIONEER Is devoted to the interests OF

THE PIONEER is devoted to the interests OF
the people Of Bottineau County and the Tur-
tie mountain region, and its aim will be to
present. the cause Of the farmer In his relation
to the county and state, and TO procure for
him Q recognition Of his rights in every de-
partment Of industry. Though not q farmer
ourselves, we shall nevertheless seek with all
our might to promote those interests that
distinguish our section and that shall digni-
fy and elevate the agricultural class, thus
contributing to the happiness and prosperity
Of the people.
We solicit correspondence on all such topics
as shall bring about such results. We have
an extensive and vsried assortment Of agri-
cultural journals always on file in our office
from which we Will make such selections as
Will aid them the most in the practical every
dav work of the farm
Subscription to the PIONEER only Sl.O0.
When in town call n see us and We will be
happy to make out o receipt.
Sustain YOU home paper.
Subscribe! Subscribe
Special interest to farmers.
Of the following named agricultural journals:
Dakota Ruralist, Pierre d..
Dakota Farmer, Huron "
North DakOta Farmer Jamestown"
N. w. Farmer and Breeder Fargo
Farmer st. Paul MINI
Prairie Farmer Chicago, III
Western Pl0wman. Moline. III.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08

N ight save agood many dollars to u
poor farmers"
W. give below a law passed BY the
last legislature relating to insurance
and the giving Of chattel mortgages
in connection Herewith. Had this
law been in force last year when that
cyclone agent If the Sioux Falls In.
suranceC Go. made a raid on Bottineau
County, there would not be so many
farmers who to-day are weeping and
wailing and gnashing their teeth over
that insurance fraud.
Sec. /. It shall be unlawful for
any insurance company, or any agent
or solicitor therefor, within this Ter
ritory, to take, or procure to be tax.
en-, upon the property to be insured
or any other property, a chattel mort
gage securing the payment Of the
premium due or to become due Gin.
Guiding policy fees) or any part there
of, unless such chattel mortgage shall
be printed or written upon a separate
and distinct paper from the applica.
ton, and no mortgage given in vic.
lation Of the provisions OF this section
shall be valid or binding upon. the
party executing the same, but shall
in all things be null and void.
Sec. 2. Any insurance company,
or any agent or solicitor thereof, vic.
the provisions of this act, shall
be guilty Of a misdemeanor. And
such company shall further forfeit all
its rights and privileges under its
charter.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its
passage aud approval.
Approved, March II, 1887.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08

The proceedings of the meeting of
the Bottineau Farmers Alliance on
the Sd inst. we're very interesting.
The subjects introduced in the sever
al letters read at that meeting, are
well worthy of the highest consider
alton that an enlightened self.interest
demands.
: There is something for a farmer to
learn and understand besides the mere
mechanical and drudging work of till.
ing the soil and that is to ascertain
how, when and where, their rights as
producers shall be subserved and bet.
ter protected against the encroach-
.ments and inroads of all those agen-
cies that intervene between them and
the consumers: who, when they know
their rights
, Must then their duties know,
And knowing, dare maintain;
Prevent the long aimed blow,
And crush the tyrant
p While they rend the chain.
There is a great work before the
farmers OF Bottineau County partly
outlined in the letters above referred
ito, and. as we are told that the Lord
helps those who help themselves, so
indeed will it become verified a to
the farmers, if they interest them
selves in those matters which so vital.
y affect their welfare,
!, Read the proceedings in Farmers
column, ponder them we'll, and make
up your minds to join the Alliance at
its first meeting in January next,
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08

It is the duty of every person who has
used Boschee's German Syrup to let its
wonderful qualities be known to their
friends IN curing Consumption, severe
Coughs, Group, Asthma, Pneumonia. and in
fact all throat and lung diseases. Noperson
can use it without immediate relief. Three
doses will relieve any case, and We consider
the duty Of oil druggists TO recommend il
to the poor, dying consumptive, at least tc
try one bottle, as 3d. 600 dozen bottles were
sold last year, and no one case VIII ere ii
failed was reported. Such amedicine as the
German Syrup ann be too widely known
Ask your druggist about it. Sample bottles
to try, sold at 10 cents. Regular size Is
cents. Sold by all Druggists and Dealers,
in the United States and Canada.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE
DAKOTA FARMERS ALLIANCE
COMPANY.

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE
DAKOTA FARMERS ALLIANCE
COMPANY.
The name of this corporation shall be
Dakota Farmers Alliance Company"
ARTICLE II.
The principle place Of business shall be
Aberdeen, Brown County, Oak.
ARTICLE III.
The purposes Of this Incorporation are,
that as practical and operative farmers, we
may unite in the more profitable disposal Of
cur farm productions and the purchase Of
our farm supplies, and to transact any 9TH
er business pertaining to the interests Of
the members of this corporation.
ARTICLE ~.
The term Of this organization shall be per-
petual.
The business management of this corpor-
alton shall be vested in a board of eleven
directors who shall be residents Of Dakota
and members of this corporation. The
names of the temporary directors, to serve
until their successors are elected, are as
follows:
H. i: Loucks. Clear Lake, Dakota.
F. B. Fancher. jamestown,
J. Hardin, Starkey,
C. A. Soderberg, Hartford,
z. D. Scott, Milbank,
A. D. Chase, WATERFOWL,
D. W. spragine,, Portland,
D. s. Dodds, Lakota,
Don G.. Needham, Grow Lake"
J.B. Wolgemuth, Aberdeen"
Geo. G. Crosse, Bramhall,
ARTICLE VI. "
The capital stock shall consist Of 20, 900
shares of $40 each; and the corporation il
authorized to begin business whenever $40
600 of the stock shall have been subscribed.
ARTICLE VII.
The officers Of this corporation shall con-
sist Of George G.. Crosse, President; D. s.
Dodds, Vice President; Don G. Needham,
Secretary; D. W. sprague, Treasurer. who
are to act until their successors IRE elected
and qualified
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08
Asst Supt Public instruction

Asst Sup't Public Instruction,
Frank A. Wilson, has issued a call
for . meeting Of the superintendents
and teachers Of the counties in the
northern portion Of Dakota to be held
at Fargo, during the week between
Christmas and New Years, for the
purpose Of organizing a Superiu.end'
isnts Association, resuscitating the
North Dakota Teachers Association,
and to consider ways and means for
bringing more into general favor and
increasing the membership o. the
Teachers Reading Circle. All inter-
ested are invited to be present.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08
We commenced last week the pub

We commenced last week the pub
LEGATION Of the herti law and will fol.
low it up with those laws which affect
the farmer more especially:-.it is
worth the price offs years subscrip-
ton to the PIoNEER to have the herd
law which IL so little understood by
% many said ono gentleman 70 u
last week; ssaknowlsdge Of It will Or
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08
Land Office at Devils Lake, D.T.
p 5EE# Ay~n,rnAor Oh 100 g.

Land Office at Devils Lake, I.
November 80, 1885,.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fted notice OF his Intention
and that said proof win be made before the
Judge or in his absence the Clerk Of the Dis
trict Court Bottlneau County, at BottineauD D.
r.. on January 18th, 1883, viz:
THOMAS GIBSON,
D. g.. No. 22r6, for the Sc. n sec. 10 I. 181 r.. IS.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultlva-
ton OF, said land, viz: Duncan Macarthur,
Levi Mellon, Alexander Brown, James Stacy,
ali Of B%ottineau, Bottlneau Co., D.. 7.
Ely. w. LORD. Register.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08

Countryman: :Fi' pounds too much for
him? He's a wonderful good sport,n' daug,
sir! Why he come to a dead pint in the
street, sir, close ag'in IN a OIL g.n'lemau, the
other day-fust o September it was, sir
and the gentleman told me afterwards as
his name were" 'Patridgel' > Customer:
"You don't say sol" Bargain struck!l-
Punch.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08
Land ONCE at Devils Lake, Dakota.

Land Office at Devils Lake, Dakota.
- November %, 1887.
Notice is hereby given hat the following
named settler has fled notice OF his intention
to make final proof in support Of her claim,
Judge, or in his absence, the Clerk ofthe Dis.
trict Court for Bottineau county, D. T., at Bot
iueau, OAK, on January 18th, 1883, Wig:
- ADA I DANA, 1920
d. 3. No. 1889 for the e n SW u, E NV u
n lot 3, sec. Is, T. 1872, r.. rs. 49,
She names the following witnesses to prove
s1er continuous residence upon, and cultiva.
ton of, said land, viz: Geroge w. Mcfarland,
Jesse n. HolbrooK, Alexander. Robertson,
Duncan r. Sinclair, all Of Bottineau, Botti-
I7-2I HY. w. LORD, Register.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08
Land once at Devils Lake, D. r.,

Land Once at Devils Lake, p. IT,
November 9th, 1887: g.
Notice Is hereby given that the
to make final proof in support Of his claim,
ant that said proof will be made before the
Judge, or in hfs absence the Clerk Of the Dis
trict Court for Bottineau county, at Bottineau
D. T., on December 2Sd, 1887, viz: w.
ROBERT NICHOL,
D. g. No. 287, for the swA, Sec. "a, TIP. 1872, a
r. rs, west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and ~cultiva-
ton of said land, viz: Duncan Mcclellan,
John H. Turner, John Kelley, Robert Smith,
all, Of Bottineau, Bottineau Co. Dakota. ,
1921. HY. w. LORD, register.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08
Magazines for nearly Hall.

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Send to the publisher Of the magazine
you want for a sample copy, enclosing 2
triae in stamps, say Ave cents, enough to
show you are not = dead-head. He Will
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These Ave magazines are published BY
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families, they actually open : new world 70
them
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helps The mother amuse even ! little baby, helps him
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on Lat1 Axs AMI Wosses takes the six-year-oid
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CAa.kasg.a KssaT FAk' JoAysSi i for young
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We have the more satisfactiori in club
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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08

FINAL PROOF NOTICES.
Notices Of final proof must be paid for
before affidavit Of publication nj be is
sued from this Office.
The charges are: For . single notice Of
anal proof, SIS; consolidated notices, "a
each; contest and timber culture notices, So.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08
Clear Lake. Oak.
Astonishing Success.

(coxcLupED NEXT wEEK.)
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08

eay- Tse czcBE csoK R02x. price so
se,.s, is sent to every yearly sujs;ri5er o.
the WEEKLY CLO3E faa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-06
The Same Man.

Did YOU ever, asks an exchange. meet
with that unfortunate man who every
body who does not know him firmly be-
lieves TO be married? The man to whom
every married woman says; Really,
you ought 10 have a nice little wife and a
little home. You would make such an
admirably domestic husband When
they know that heisnt, and isn't likely
j'h, they Immediately put up a history
for hiw and give IL out coniidentially that
he hl- had an adventure; that he has
loved and been Tilted, or that the loved
one ha- lied and bis heart i, in thetomh
of the Capulets with the beloved juliet
And they pity lim and are tender and
gentle 90 him, and the Young girls avoid
~ and ihn OH maids fork around hiIa
and EaHi Co cua-nlchim. fyou'll inves-
iigaJe him louil ind hes perfectly sound
perfectly hear whole, ha, perhaps Tilted
Dos # gir'~. and IS Just As merry 4
bachelor as There S..
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-06
Ancient and Modern OathS.

Quite chapter might be written, writes
Dan de Quille in the Salt Lake Tjb,a.e.
upon tn methods of taking olths in va
riou~ countries in both ancient and mod
ern .ime- In some parts Of ClIiEa
witne-s is sworn upon saucer at the mo-
ment he lake- the oath
In Egypt the custom prevailed os swear
ing by 10, goose. This is said to have
been on account of the veneration in
which the corr.e was held in that coun-
Try.
In Madagascar the people swear either
by their sovereign or by their mother,
and there are two forms witnessingthe
oath, one TO strike the water" and the
other 20 spear the calf."
According to Oldfeld. in his Expedi-
ton into the Interior OF Africa, by the
Niger" at Iddah, placing naked
sword or knife t. the throat IS looked
upon as the strongest proof Of innocence.
and the most solemn form Of oath they
can administer In this manner The
king Is sworn, or sometimes At the point
Of poisoned arrow
We learn from from Bruce's Travels
that in Abyssinia "a much less savage
form Of swearing Is in use. He says
they took the two forcdngcrs OF my
right hand one after the other and then
kissed them-l form Of swearing used
there. at least among nose who cailtheni-
selves Christians
The most ancient form of swearing #
which We have anv record Is that mem
toned in the Bible Of Genesis. where
Abraham. swearing his eldest servant,
required him to place his hand under his
lAbraham'sl thigh. This form is mem
tio.ed in several places in the Old Tes-
lament Anciently the Jews swore by
Jerusalem, by the God Of Israel, and also
5y broken glass, this last form being sim
liar to the Chinese custom OF breaking a
saucer against the witness box.
The ancient Greeks and Romans swore
by Jupiter, Minerva, Neptune and other
gods and goddesses, laying their head
upon the artar of the divinity sworn 10y
in taking particularly sacred oath; the
ancient Germans by their gods. 10y their
swords and by their boards the Scandi-
navian, besides appealing 10 the gois,
touched a bloody ring in the hands of a
priest The Hindoo swears by the Nedd
and a Mohammedan is sworn on the
Koran.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-06
The Country Boy.

The country lad who ) trained 20 SIM
pie WAYS aud heineiy VIRTUES and who
learns what a dollar Is worth by actually
earning il. Under the hlWs of imperative
Necessity. has tremendous advantage
over the town boy. The country schools
are farinferior 70 the town or city schools
but this is counierlalaneed by the fact
that the country boy is trained to work
from the time he can pick up corn-oobs
or 10 run the kitchen stove. till he goes
out to his Own home. The country boy
has a mile or =, TO walk % and from
school. which gives him vigorous appc-
tite and health The country boy or girl
Is face to ace with practical re:tli-
ties. He sees hcw slowly money is made
on the iarn, lie S taught from youth up
the need Of economy hc has the nature
Of saving first explained 20 him every
dav in the week he j. not exposed TO
the temptation Of the saloon or bali
room lac is not tempted TO be ladies
man before he has occasion 10 use q razor
on his down cheeks He may be III
tie rude, he may not feel easy in COM
pany but in the long, eiosely-contested
race of life it is the chap that trudges to
school b4refooted in summer and in sto-
gas in winter, whose mothereuts his bair
with the sheep shears, that leads the chap
that goes to the city school with the
starchei shirt-front and fancy slippers
and whose head is shaved with the lawn
mower in the barber shops
such has been our observation. and
we think we know what We are talking
about Speaking from experience, We
never read amy books with sucn avidjty
as those we deyoured while the hor> :
were resting at the end or the plow land
The BOYS We envied forty years ago. be-
cause they wore cassimeres and laughed
at our jeans. have dropped 50 far back
ia the race that we have almost forgotten
them. The chaps who had plenty Of
money at college. and the citv-bred fel-
lows have not been, as rule heard irom
much since. while the country boys, who
wore plain clothes and kept close 10 their
books in the old college. are leading the
thought Of Iowa and other States to-
daV.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-06
Making a Cabinet.

4 lady ia Chicago, a lifelong friend of
the Lincoln family, tells the following
After Mr.. Lincoln'~ election. and befona
his Inauguration. he was 80 bcset by
uilice--eekers and intergiewers that ne
had uo leisure to form Dis Cabinet lie
came for little time 10 Chicago. hoping
for quiet interview with Mr. Hamlin.
with whom be had NO acquaintance.
But alas! the politicians We're equally
ubiqu tous here.
To escape these Mr. and Mr,. Lincoln
were invited to nay fathers house 10
spend the day Among those whom Mr.
Lincoln wished o. consult were Judge
Tumbull aud Carl Schurz. who were
Therefore. invited 10 be at our house at
the same time. Although the weather
was very cold and the drive a long one.
many came t5 call on Mr. Lincoln. In
despair he WAS finally obliged 10 take
refuge with Mr. Hamlin in my large
sunny room, where for several hours they
were closeted, while my father kept
guard down stairs to protect them from
intrusion.
talked much 10 Mr. Lincoln at that
time. lie never talked down to women.
Young a. I was, he addressed me A.
friend and companion.
The next time | SAW Mr. Lincoln wa,
at a reception ia thO White House. AsI
pissed with others in ihe procession he
said
"' DO remain until after the crowd has
gone, and We can talk Illinois
l remember just what he said to me.
as he approached me after the crowd had
dispersed. He said
Il have taken a severe cold from hav-
ing my hair cut this reminds me. Once
when ] was in Chicago, was sitting in
ihs office Of the old fremont House.
when q newsboy in the street called ont.
Here's Abe Lincoln's picture he'll look
better when his bsirs cut" Now. do
You think | look better when ny hairs
cut q"
replied: Mr.. President. in the
language Of another, nothing could either
add 10 or detract from your personal APP
pearsnce to me-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-06

| fell 10 thinking of the FOUNDERS and
men about town as I leaned over the
edge Of a box and saw them file past me
in platoons. They 20 10 pieces at "a faster
rate than any other set of men in the
world. Many head VA, gray that did
not show a sign Of ac- Eve wears ago.
and man after man passed by with "a
careless carriage and bla~e face who had
not passed thirty, but who looked and
a ted the man of ~ years Some oi the
men who We're turniHg gray when WAS
boy, and who were perhaps 40 or -
year, of age. ane round-shoullered bent
and querulous. their faces white. ami
their heads bald and gray. They were
admirably dressed. their manners cas-,
AMI agreeable and everybody knew them
but they were the Oldest men Ia the
world that night The average man
aboai-town seems to 20 to pieces all "a,
once. He is suave. well-dressed. agree
able and apparently healthy for few
years, and then suddenly goes All %
pot II meyer changes hiS manner or mis-
habit. 1t holds him Up as an appalling
example to younger men. bot doubt Il
II ever does any good-C0r.
p
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-06
Too Much Money.

As WAS saving, knew fellow whc
has acquaintance with these mliiiionairas
/ His conversation soothed and consoied
me TO some extent. He deprecated the
possession of too much money. 30 did l.
He declared it did not contribute 10 hu-
man happiness 70 anything ike the
extent people imagined. agreed with
him. He said, indeed, that men Of mod
crate means were the only coniented men
the only men who enjoyed life. grasp
ID his hand.
Yes be said. those men have al 81
much money that they can not derive amy
/ benefit from it. Il d.neir he went on,
g with half dozen mil!ionaires. I have
had q better dinner 81 the club or the
restaurant-but that is no matter. After
dinner they began talking of how much
money a man could expend in having
the most Injurious necessities of life, not
speaking, Of course, II pictures, OF hob
bies. or tastes that one could live without
one Of them figured ii out He hal e
complete establishment IN town. a wife
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